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International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach is arranging to visit atomic-bombed Hiroshima on July 16 to call for promoting peace. | GETTY IMAGES / VIA BLOOMBERG
Kyodo Jun 27, 2021
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach is arranging to visit atomic-bombed Hiroshima on July 16, the starting day of an Olympic truce adopted by the United Nations, sources close to the matter have said.
The arrangements for his visit are being made after Bach conveyed his intention to concerned parties. A plan for IOC Vice President John Coates to visit Nagasaki on the same day is also being considered, the sources said Saturday.
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